jakill

@jakill (835)

Age 82

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Do you exercise as part of your morning routine?

jakill @jakill (835) 13 Mar 10

I try to do this every day. I have two videos, both for exercises that are supposed to trim your tummy. I've had them both for about twenty years and used them off and on. The Rosmary Conley Flat Tummy Workout is the best because...

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People and gravel paths

jakill @jakill (835) 3 Mar 10

What do you think of people who park their cars on gravel filled driveways and fail to keep masses of individual stones from the footpath and roadway alongside. These stones are not only unsightly and uncomfortable to walk on,...

dangerous footpaths

gravel drives

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Have you started any myLot discussions that had no responses?

jakill @jakill (835) 27 Feb 10

I started one a few days ago that has not had one response - disppointing and strange. I clicked on the no responses tab and found I was directed to discussions that were four years old. There must be hundreds of them. I hope mine...

mylot discussions

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Madeira

jakill @jakill (835) 25 Feb 10

A week or so ago when responding to a discussion I wrote that if I was able to buy a holiday home in the sun, it would most likely be on the island of Madeira. Now people there are experiencing one of the world's dreadful...

Do your myLot friends start many discussions?

jakill @jakill (835) 20 Feb 10

Among my myLot friends, I only receive regular notifications of their new discussions for about 6% of them. Occasionally I check in friends started to make sure I'm not missing any. It seems there are many myLotters who don't...

mylot

mylot discussions

mylot friends

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Did you ever have a probl;em with seagulls?

jakill @jakill (835) 19 Feb 10

I like most animals and have spent part of today inside our french window watching the birds and a couple of little mice running around on our terrace. But now that we've moved to the seaside there is one thing that worries me -...

seagulls

seaside

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We are off to dog sit

jakill @jakill (835) 3 Feb 10

Tomorrow we head off to a friend's house to look after their dog while they go away for a few days. I've met Ginger once before and sshe seemedvery gentle and contented. They got her from a greyhound rescue centre but are...

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What does it take to make you have a good clean up?

jakill @jakill (835) 25 Jan 10

I've spent most of the morning vacuuming, and had a good clean up of my office which is in the garage conversion. I've been telling myself to do that for ages but kept putting it off. Later today I'm having a visit from a friend...

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Do you remember toastie makers?

jakill @jakill (835) 23 Jan 10

They used to be all the rage here back in the 1960s/70s, and then they just disappeared - probably with the advent of the microwave. I found my toastie maker at the back of a cupboard when I moved house, and in the recent cold...

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What kind of environment do you live in?

jakill @jakill (835) 18 Jan 10

Last year we moved from living inland and surrounded by countryside to living by the sea. Now we are on a small peninsula within the second largest harbour area in the world. We have the sea on three sides, a town with shops and...

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Would you beef up a can of soup?

jakill @jakill (835) 15 Jan 10

We are having soup for lunch a couple of times a week at the moment. It's good when the weather is so cold and miserable. Sometimes I make soup from scratch with a stock cube and whatever vegetables I have to hand. It's good for...

making soup

soup for lunch

winter soup

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Breaking bones through falling on ice

jakill @jakill (835) 11 Jan 10

The BBC and other news programmes are reporting record numbers of broken bones after people have fallen on the ice. Hospitals and emergency services are inundated. I haven't been out much, but just going to post a letter from the...

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How do you like your omelettes?

jakill @jakill (835) 8 Jan 10

I find plain or herb omelettes too bland. Whatever else I put in them, they always have to have some strong cheese as well. Yesterday I made omelettes for lunch and added what was left of the ham I'd cooked on Christmas Eve,...

cooking

food

omelettes

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Does sickness hit you harder the older you get?

jakill @jakill (835) 5 Jan 10

I've been banging on about feeling ill all over the holiday period. Actually it all started a week or so before when I began coughing and found that the slightest effort really wore me out. It made my Christmas preparations really...

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Do you have a caring spouse?

jakill @jakill (835) 2 Jan 10

As I have been laid low with chest infection for over a week, I haven't been outside the house for days. Until today. Yesterday I said to my hubby that I'd really like to get some fresh air but I didn't feel up to walking. He said...

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Completing Resolution One

jakill @jakill (835) 1 Jan 10

I've let MyLot slip. And I'm sorry. I've missed so much that has been happening to my friends here while I've been getting on with my own life. Anyway I decided a couple of weeks back that I'd come back today. It was my number one...

new year resolution

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We should exchange contracts on the house transactions this afternoon

jakill @jakill (835) 26 Jun 09

I'm sitting here waiting for the phone to ring to let me know that it has happened as planned. There have been some hold-ups, and I'm praying nothing else is going to raise its ugly head and cause another delay. All being well we...

exchanging contracts

moving house

packing to move

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Have you been in a sandstorm?

jakill @jakill (835) 19 Jun 09

When we were in Egypt earlier this year, we were sitting outside a restaurant in a tented enclosure beside the Nile. There was a sudden gust of wind and, looking down the river, we saw a big brown cloud coming towards us. The...

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A Lucky Escape for Dyno

jakill @jakill (835) 16 Jun 09

We saw the most amazing story on the national TV news last night. When a four year old boy saw that one of the week old cocker spaniel puppies was a bit dirty, he decide to wash him in the toilet, so he flushed it and the puppy...

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Packing to move

jakill @jakill (835) 14 Jun 09

They say that moving house is second only to coping with the death of a loved one (or is it divorce) in the stress making leagues. Anyway it's just starting to feel like it. We still don't have a completion date and the contracts...

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